Capability 05
Surface Finishing
Buffing, polishing, mirror finishing, bead blasting, brushing, grinding and deburring — the preparation that decides how every subsequent coating looks.
Detail
How MCS uses it
Deburring
Every laser cut and sheared edge is deburred. On a screen or a perforated panel the cut edges are part of what people see and touch.
Grinding & dressing
Welds are ground back flush before buffing, so the joint is not visible as a shadow under a reflective finish.
Buffing & polishing
Progressive grades up to mirror. A mirror finish is unforgiving: any distortion left by forming will be visible in the reflection, which is why the corner quality upstream matters here.
Hairline & brushed
Directional finishes. Grain direction must be agreed and held consistently across adjacent panels or the surface reads as mismatched under raking light.
Bead blast
An even matte texture that hides handling marks better than a polished surface — often the right answer in a high-traffic position.
Why it comes before coating
PVD and powder coating record the surface underneath them. A finish applied over an unprepared surface shows every scratch that was there first.
Related
Where it shows up
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